Next quotations are from the fresh new Dictionary of your Sussex Dialect, of the Rev

“Tha girt soo! I will baste thi whenever aw rating thi hwom, one aw will!” shaouted Betty Bresskittle; “aw wunder tha artna ashamed o’ thisen, to stond theer a good-feightingk th’ deevil hissel!”

East (Classification dos): N. Essex.

Next extract is away from John Noakes and ; London, 1839. Reprinted towards Age.D.S., 1895. Just like the Higher Totham is to try to the latest North out-of Maldon, I just take it sample in order to fall into Prof. Wright’s “Section dos” in lieu of into the S.W. Essex away from “Section 5.” The effective use of w getting initially v takes place apparently, as with werry, very, etcetera.

Notes. -Sput, spot; teenagers, walkers; ollis, always; haut, halt; wiew, see. 125 Crake, boast; leas(t)indicates, at the very least; sarteny, certainly; monsus, massive, long.

Sum’dy, somebody; from Meters., ranging from Maldon and you may Kelvedon; ‘gin, against, near; four-releet (to start with five-elizabeth leet, illuminated. “ways of five,” four-e as being the genitive plural, hence) fulfilling off five roads.

Dorn’t, don’t; aldoe, although; uster cud (to have us’d to help you you certainly will), was once ready; warsley, significantly, much; loike, like; gulch, greatly, with a fuck.

East (Class step three): Norfolk.

The next extract from “Good Norfolk Conversation” is out-of a work named Erratics because of the good Sailor, printed anonymously from the London during the 1800, and you may compiled by the Rev. Joshua Larwood, rector of Swanton Morley, near Eastern Dereham. Most of the words are very familiar if you ask me, while i is actually curate out of Eastern Dereham for the 1861-2, and you may read the fresh new dialect every single day. The complete discussion is reprinted when you look at the Nine Specimens out of English Dialects; Age.D.S., 1895.

Western (Category step 1): S.W. Shropshire.

Another specimen is given inside Skip Jackson’s Shropshire Keyword-publication, London, 1879, p. xciv. It relates to exactly how Betty Andrews, of Pulverbatch, saved the woman absolutely nothing child, who’d fallen to the brook.

Southern area (Classification 2): Wiltshire.

Next better-understood Wiltshire fable are off Wiltshire Stories, from the J. Yonge Akerman (1853). We have since it stands in the Preface so you’re able to Halliwell’s Dictionary; omitting the new “Ethical.”

This new Harnet and the Bittle.

Notes. -To see z and v to have first s and you can f; harnet, hornet; bittle,

beetle; zet, sat; best, very; twoad, toad, wretch; a, he; stinge, sting; bagganet, bayonet.

South (Category step 3): Area regarding Wight.

We recollect well this new later Mr James Phillips of Merston linked a discussion you to occurred between two of his labourers relative to the word straddle-bob, a beetle. During luncheon, included in this, towards the getting their bren-cheese (money and cheddar) regarding a little purse, noticed something which had receive its method truth be told there; hence triggered the following discourse.

W. Why, an excellent zed you to definitely neyam ez jest zo vittun vor’n as tother; in which he lowz an excellent ben caal’d straddlebob previously zunce brand new Isle try vust meyad.

W. That thee hast, lucky; and we’ll goo as a result of Arreton for the Free Lion and you can take in un ater we over really works.

Southern area (Category 7): Eastern Sussex.

W.D. Parish, Vicar from Selmeston; Age.D.S. 1875. The newest Glossary refers rather to help you E. than to W. Sussex, Selmeston are between Lewes and you can Eastbourne.

Call-over, to help you discipline. “He come along right here a beneficial-cadging, and you may fancy the guy merely did give me a call more, because the I advised him whenever i had not had naun provide your.” (Naun, little.)

Clocksmith, an excellent watchmaker. “I getting quite shed time, I getting; to own I’ve been obligated to post my personal view into clocksmith. I 131 wouldn’t make no feeling of mending they me personally; to own I might iled they and you can I’d biled they, then We decided not to carry out a whole lot more in it.”

Cocker-up, in order to damage; so you can shine more than with an environment off information. “You find that it right here guy regarding hers, he or she is cockered-right up specific tale throughout the being required to goo aside somewheres right up for the the newest sheeres; and i also tell her she actually is zero name are therefore cluck over it; as well as for my area We dunno exactly what I end up being very pleased an’t, to possess he was a chap while the is always good-cokeing regarding cabinets, and cogging this lady out of a sunday.” (The sheeres, people shire out-of The united kingdomt but Kent and you may Sussex; phone call, reason; cluck, regarding spirits; coke, to help you peep; cog, in order to draw in.)